LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Cromer, Norfolk.—9th October, 1939.

After rescuing the crew of twenty-nine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey went to the help of a Lowestoft drifter, but found that her crew had been...

Stromness, Orkneys.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th of October, 1952, the motor mechanic reported that conditions between Bow Rock and Taing of Selwick were deteriorat- ing. The steam trawler Strathelliot had stranded there...

Dover, Kent.—At 11.9 on the morn- ing of the 20th of December, 1952, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that a man was cut off by the tide near St.

Margaret's Bay, and" at 11.30 the life- boat Southern Africa, in...

A link with the Aldeburgh life-boat disaster of 7th December, 1899, has been broken by the death of Mr. P. H. Thorp. He was the last surviving member of the crew associated with the Aldeburgh life-boat of 1899..

A scenic tapestry by members of the Flamborough Women's Institute depicting the work of the local life-boat has been entered in the final of a nation-wide competition based on Conservation Year. Members worked on the tapestry for six...

Dungeness, Kent. At 12.25 early on the morning of the 16th of July, 1958, the Lade coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Salome of Colchester, which was in tow of the pilot cutter Pelorus, was half full of water and her...

Galway Bay. At 9.15 on the evening of the 18th of August, 1958, a message was received from Inishmaine Island that a sailing boat carrying turf had grounded in a nearby cove. At 9.30 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson put out in a choppy...

St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.35 on the morning of the 3rd of September, 1958, the harbour master told the honorary secretary that three men were marooned on the rocks at Greve d'Agette, but that they were in no immediate danger as it was low...